Article 60 of the Saudi Antiquities Law
المادة 60 من نظام الآثار والمتاحف والتراث العمراني
The Authority may provide financial support to private museums that hold the "Saudi Museum" logo and support them with funding sources, and these museums are entitled to benefit from the Authority's expertise and its scientific and technical support.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
1 - يجوز للهيئة تقديم الدعم المادي للمتاحف الخاصة التي تحمل شعار (متحف سعودي)، ودعمها لدى مصادر التمويل الحكومية والخاصة للحصول على إعانات، أو قروض توظف لتطوير المتاحف، وفق ضوابط تحددها اللوائح.
2 - يحق للمتحف الذي يحمل شعار (متحف سعودي) الاستفادة من خبرات الهيئة والحصول على دعمها العلمي والفني في مجالات العرض، وحفظ المعروضات، وصيانتها، وترميمها، وكذلك التشغيل والإدارة، والحصول على خبرات دولية في هذه المجالات في إطار برامج التعاون المشتركة بين الهيئة، والمتاحف العالمية والجهات الدولية ذات الاختصاص.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 60 explained in plain English
This article sets out the benefits of museums that hold the "Saudi Museum" logo.
Paragraph (1) – Financial support: the Authority may, under controls set by the regulations:
- Provide financial support to private museums that hold the logo.
- Support them with government and private funding sources to obtain subsidies or loans used to develop the museums.
Paragraph (2) – Scientific and technical support: a museum that holds the logo is entitled to:
- Benefit from the Authority's expertise and obtain its scientific and technical support in display, preserving, maintaining and restoring exhibits, and operation and management.
- Obtain international expertise in these fields under joint cooperation programs between the Authority and world museums and the specialized international bodies.
Note the difference in wording: the financial support in the first paragraph is permissive ("the Authority may") and limited to private museums that hold the logo, while the scientific and technical support in the second paragraph is a right ("is entitled") of every museum that holds the logo.
This article is connected to Article 59, which requires a museum to preserve, maintain, restore and display its collections; scientific and technical support helps the museum carry out these duties. Anyone who runs a private museum and wants to benefit from these advantages can refer to the controls set by the regulations.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 60 of the Saudi Antiquities Law
Does the Authority financially support private museums?
The Authority may provide financial support to private museums that hold the Saudi Museum logo, and support them with funding sources to obtain subsidies or loans, under controls set by the regulations.
What technical support do museums get?
A museum that holds the logo is entitled to benefit from the Authority's expertise and its scientific and technical support in display, preservation, maintenance, restoration, operation and management, and to obtain international expertise.
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- Article 20
The article creates the Antiquities, Museums and Urban Heritage Fund to spend on protecting antiquities, building museums and supporting the private sector, and sets its resources from revenues, compensation and donations.
1- ينشأ في الهيئة صندوق يسمى (صندوق الآثار والمتاحف والتراث العمراني)؛ للإنفاق منه على حماية الآثار، والتراث العمراني، والمحافظة عليها، وصيانتها، وعرضها، وتوظيف
- Article 30
The Commission may exchange duplicate movable antiquities, or those with similar specimens, with museums and scientific institutions inside and outside the Kingdom, and lend movable antiquities for display in international museums and exhibitions.
يجوز للهيئة تبادل الآثار المنقولة المكررة، أو التي لها نماذج مع المتاحف والمؤسسات العلمية الداخلية والخارجية، وكذلك إعارة الآثار المنقولة لعرضها في المتاحف والم
- Article 31
The Commission may accept movable antiquities offered to it as a gift or loan, and may keep or display them in the name of the person who offered them.
للهيئة قبول الآثار المنقولة التي تقدم إليها على سبيل الإهداء أو الإعارة، ولها أن تحفظها أو تعرضها باسم مقدمها.
- Article 56
Any person may establish a cultural, heritage, scientific or other museum as a cultural or investment project, after obtaining classification and a license from the Authority and the relevant bodies.
يجوز للشخص إنشاء متحف حضاري، أو تراثي، أو علمي، أو غير ذلك (كمشروع ثقافي، أو استثماري، أو كليهما) وذلك بعد الحصول على تصنيف وترخيص من الهيئة ومن الجهات ذات العل
- Article 57
Museums are classified into three categories (A), (B) and (C) according to the level of their displays and the variety of their activities; anything else is a private collection, and the regulations set the classification criteria.
تصنف المتاحف إلى ثلاث فئات: (أ) و(ب) و(ج) تبعاً لمستوى عروضها وتنوع نشاطاتها، وما عدا ذلك يعد (مجموعات خاصة)، وتحدد اللوائح معايير تصنيف المتاحف.
- Article 58
The Authority adopts a "Saudi Museum" logo granted to public and private museums, which passes with the museum if ownership transfers, and the regulations set the provisions on granting, suspending and revoking it.
تعتمد الهيئة شعاراً باسم (متحف سعودي) يمنح للمتاحف العامة والخاصة، وينتقل الشعار مع المتحف إذا انتقلت ملكيته، وتبين اللوائح الأحكام المتعلقة بمنح الشعار، وتعليق
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